Shoe



March 3, 1931. R. DAVIS 1,795,276

SHOE

Filed Aug. 21, 1930 INVENTOR www Repairs are easy, because` ifnecessary, the4 outsole may be stripped oif and an entire new outer solebe cemented on in place of an i11- jured or worn outsole. The uppers maybe attached to the insoles vat one place by labor `familiar with suchwork and theoutersoles be alixed at an entirely diiferentlplace. Thuslabor and factory costs may be kept at a minimum.

' The full thickness atthe edge of ythe outsole protects theupp1e1,where., it ,turns in under the edge of `the insole, nieetingthisinturned portion ofthe upper, substantially as indicated in Fig. 2.1Thestructure is particularly light, the more fso,`be`,cla`use no nailsor y other metallic fasteningsfarenecessary, eX- cept possiblyfor ascrew or the like, such as may be employed for fastening `the heel inplace.

What is claimed 1s:

1. A shoe comprisingan inner sole having a continuous, smooth, upperface and having a channeled lower face, an upper extending down aboutthe edge of said inner sole, channel stitching securingthe edgeso-saidupper to said channeled lower portion 'of the inner sole, and aseparate outer solecemented in flat face-to-face engagement with saidinner sole and having a gutter inthe upper face of the same .set inwardfrom the edge of said outer sole and receiving the extra thicknessformed by the channel stitching on the underface of the inner sole.'

2. In a shoe structure, the combination of an outer sole having a gutterin the upper Iface of the samel formed by an outwardly an upper havingits edges extending down about the edge of the inner sole, and channelstitching securing the edge of the upper to the underside of the innersole, the outer sole having a gutter in the upper face of the samereceiving said channel stitched portion of the inner sole and upper and`whereby the eXibility of thininner and outer soles is attained withoutexposed stitching either inside or outside the shoe.

4. The `method of manufacturing shoes, which comprises splitting a layerof leather to provide a thin layer having a grain side for the outersole and a thin layer having a fiesh'side4 for the inner sole,channelling the underside of the flesh layer, providing a gutter in thecut face ofthe grain layer, channel stitching the edge of anupper to thechanneled face portion of the inner sole layer, and cementing the outersole in face-toface engagement over the lower face of the innersole andwith theguttered portion of the outer solel receiving the channelstitched portlons .on the' underface of the inner sole.

V*.In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ROBERT DAVIS.

beveled cut and a cut normal to the general I plane of the outsole,aninner sole having a continuous, smooth, upper face and channeled inthe underface of the same, an upper extendinfir down aboutthe edge ofthe inner sole to the channeled under portion of the same, channelstitching securing the edge of the upper to the channeled ortion of theinner sole, and said inner so e and outer sole` being secured byvcementin fiat face-to-face engagement with the channel stitched portion of theinner sole and upper received within the gutter and definitelypositioned by the outwardly beveled and normal cut Walls of said gutter.

3. In a shoe structure, the combination of thin, continuous, inner andouter soles cemented together in coextensive incesto-faceengagementwithout any intervening filler,

